Justin Caldwell

Biography

Justin Caldwell joined head coach Rick Barnes' men's basketball staff at the University of Tennessee as the player development coordinator on Sept. 20, 2024. A veteran coach, Caldwell owns 14 years of experience across the Division I, Division II, high school and youth levels, including five as a collegiate head coach. Before coming to Knoxville, Tenn., he spent the 2023-24 campaign as an assistant at Marshall University. During his first year at Tennessee, the program had one of its finest campaigns ever. The Volunteers went 30-8 (12-6 SEC), made the Elite Eight and tied for the best finish in program history at fifth in the polls. Last season, in 2025-26, Caldwell helped Tennessee register another superb campaign, with the team going 25-12 (11-7 SEC) and advancing back to the Elite Eight. Caldwell spent 2018-23 as the head coach at his alma mater, Glenville State University, turning the program into a 17-13 team during his final campaign in 2022-23. Before his first head coaching opportunity, Caldwell worked for two years at Pennsylvania Western University California. He played three seasons at West Virginia Wesleyan College and one at Glenville State, totaling 1,997 points in his career. After college, Caldwell played for the BBC Bascharage Hedgehogs in Luxembourg for two seasons.